Articles for Ashraf Hendricks
SASSA workers strike over buggy biometric system
Susan Shabangu and NEHAWU reported to have agreed to suspend system, but union will only confirm on Thursday
By Ashraf Hendricks, Barbara Maregele, Nomfundo Xolo, Joseph Chirume and Nompendulo Ngubane
News | 10 October 2018
JP Smith wants the Western Cape government to take over policing
City councillor blames national government for poor policing on Cape Flats
Brief | 27 September 2018
Cape Flats communities shut down in protest over lack of policing
“When we call the police, they don’t come, but now they are standing around here just watching us”
By Ashraf Hendricks and Barbara Maregele
News | 25 September 2018
No progress for the “rainbow nation” without redress, says artist
In Things we lost in the Rainbow, artist Athi-Patra Ruga tries to reclaim the spaces from which he and many others have been historically exiled
Photo Essay | 21 September 2018
Stacy Ganger, 12, died in gang crossfire in 2016. More than two years later, no-one has been arrested.
Bishop Lavis residents demand better policing
News | 12 September 2018
Cape Town Orchestra’s outreach programme in peril
Orchestra gets silent treatment from Department of Arts and Culture
News | 30 August 2018
Hundreds of Bonteheuwel residents protest against gang violence
Roads closed off, police fire stun grenades
News | 29 August 2018
Cape Town’s homeless and evicted march to Mayor’s office
Social movement Housing Assembly wants housing for all an end to illegal evictions
Brief | 16 August 2018
Paramedics seen as soft targets by criminals on the Cape Flats
City has 16 “red zones” where ambulances need police escorts
News | 15 August 2018